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Caligula

210 minutes — R, 35mm, Tinto Brass, Italy, 1979

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Directed by Italian sleaze-master Brass, with extra sex scenes added by producer (and Penthouse magazine founder) Bob Guccione, Caligula mates the historical epic with the porn film to tell the tale of Rome’s cruelest and most debauched leader. Based loosely on Gore Vidal’s incomplete screenplay, the film features Peter O’Toole, Helen Mirren, John Gielgud and a legion of naked extras, and “stands as a vision of a particular kind of excess seen only once in film history.” (A.V. Club) Uncut version - 35mm print!

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